Borough Market
Borough Market is London's oldest food market, trading since the 13th century beneath the Victorian railway arches by London Bridge in London. Entry is free.
Cemetery in London
Highgate Cemetery
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Highgate Cemetery is the most famous Victorian cemetery in Britain, a steep North London hillside where Gothic tombs and ivy-covered angels vanish into the trees. It opened in 1839 and splits into two paid halves across Swain’s Lane. The East Cemetery is the budget visit: self-guided, a low single-digit pound admission, and home to the grave of Karl Marx under its huge bronze bust as well as novelist George Eliot. The West Cemetery costs more and is entered only on a guided or timed tour, but it holds the real prize for anyone who loves funerary architecture: the Egyptian Avenue and the Circle of Lebanon, sunken rings of catacombs built around an old cedar. Budget travelers usually stick to the East side for Marx, the famous names, and the atmosphere of a London the Victorians built for the dead. It sits on high ground in London beside Hampstead Heath, so a visit pairs well with a free heath walk and a wander through Camden Market nearby.
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- Swain's Lane, N6 6PJ London
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Brick Lane
Brick Lane is the heart of London's Bangladeshi community, a curry-house spine through Shoreditch and Spitalfields that doubles as the city's loudest open-air street-art gallery. Free to walk, and one of the best-value corners of East London for a budget traveler.
British Museum
The British Museum in Bloomsbury is one of the greatest museums in the world, and entry to the permanent collection is completely free. The Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon (Elgin) Marbles, the Egyptian mummies, and the Enlightenment Gallery are all here.
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch and one of the city's signature free sights. Nobody pays to stand at the gates, photograph the famous balcony, or watch the Changing of the Guard, which makes it a reliable anchor for a no-cost day in central London.
Camden Market
Camden Market is a sprawling complex of connected markets, stalls, and food vendors around Camden Lock in Camden Town, north London. Free to enter, and one of the city's most visited attractions. For a budget traveler it is a full afternoon that costs nothing until the moment a street-food box is bought.
Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia Road Flower Market is a Sunday-only street market in Shoreditch, East London, where vendors pack a narrow Victorian street with flowers, plants, bulbs, and garden supplies. Free to walk and browse, and one of the cheaper ways to spend a Sunday morning in the East End, especially when paired with Brick Lane a short walk south.
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